{"id":206310,"date":"2024-11-12T14:47:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T00:47:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=206310"},"modified":"2024-11-12T14:47:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T00:47:01","slug":"phillips-opens-season-with-big-west-player-of-the-week-honors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/12\/phillips-opens-season-with-big-west-player-of-the-week-honors\/","title":{"rendered":"Phillips opens season with Big West Player of the Week honors"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>

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University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at Mānoa women\u2019s basketball<\/a> guard Daejah Phillips earned the season\u2019s first Big West Player of the Week award on November 11, after leading the Rainbow Wahine during their road trip in the Pacific Northwest.<\/p>\n

Phillips averaged 15 points per game while shooting 47.1% in UH<\/abbr>\u2019s trip to Portland and Portland State to open the season. The senior also came up with seven rebounds, three assists and five steals, and earned the Big West\u2019s weekly award for the third time in her career.<\/p>\n

The senior scored 19 points in the season opener at Portland on November 7 and went 11 for 11 from the free-throw line to help UH<\/abbr> set a program record with a 25 for 25 performance.<\/p>\n

Phillips previously won the Big West Player of the Week award twice last season on her way to earning first team All-Big West honors and the conference\u2019s Best Sixth Player award.<\/p>\n

The Rainbow Wahine (1-1) return to action in the Bank of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Classic set for November 22 and 24 at SimpliFi Arena at Stan Sheriff Center.<\/p>\n

For more on Phillips, to go HawaiiAthletics.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Daejah Phillips averaged 15 points per game and led the Rainbow Wahine to a strong start on their Pacific Northwest road trip. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1362],"tags":[58,82,9,550],"class_list":["post-206310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletics","tag-athletics","tag-basketball","tag-uh-manoa","tag-manoa-athletics","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t